The disability rights group Not Dead Yet announced today that it would lead a three-day protest vigil against the World Federation of Right to Die Societies during the Federation’s biennial meeting being held in Chicago. The American group Final Exit Network is hosting the meeting, which runs from September 17-20 at the Embassy Suites Chicago. The group has scheduled a rally to open the protest vigil at 511 North Columbus Drive on September 18 at 12 PM.

”We are here to contradict the message of these groups that it’s better to be dead than disabled,” said Not Dead Yet president Diane Coleman of New York.

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We want to: increase public awareness of hospice/palliative care; To promote improvement in the quality and availability of hospice/palliative care, and effective methods of controlling pain and suffering; To develop and build compassionate care community services as alternatives to “mercy killing.”; To educate the public on the harm and risks associated with the promotion of euthanasia and assisted suicide through the use of pamphlets, information seminars, media campaigns and research articles; To co-ordinate and disseminate research and information on issues related to euthanasia and assisted suicide; To represent the vulnerable and where appropriate, advocate before the courts on issues related to euthanasia and assisted suicide.